₦airaland Forum

Before nko? Rap'e and child molestation is a normal tin in this part of world
A total of 427 girls were raped' last year in SW
http://www.ekekeee.com/damilola-aweda-rape-is-a-menace-to-the-girl-child/
Rap'e in Ekiti State university
http://premiumtimesng.com/regional/125963-group-condemns-rape-in-ekiti-university.html
Another rap.e case in Lagos
http://www.zimbio.com/Nigeria+Today/articles/yaSZitnbqgl/Teenage+Girl+Defends+Boyfriend+Over+Rape+Case
Nawaoo
http://www.nigeriapolicewatch.com/police-inspector-for-alleged-raping-15-year-old-niece/

PapaBrowne: Fashola also revealed that the agency had received applications from many Ph.D, M.sc holders and graduates in the course of recruiting registration officers.

"The position was initially planned for only school certificate holders and people with OND who would be a paid N25, 000 monthly but 85 per cent of people that applied have degrees, masters, PhD or even some other higher levels.

"We have them coming from all walks of life; accountants, biochemists, micro-genetics, applying for a job that does not pay that much," she said.

Fashola added that LASRRA had brought this to the notice of the Ministry of Establishment and Training to help find a way of helping them.

She said, "I do not believe that we should turn them back to the community without giving them some necessary skills that can move them forward in life. We haven't come up with an exact plan, but we are on it.

"Candidates have been given an assessment test and only those who passed were allowed to go through the training."

If this statement came from Jonathan, many ACN haters would ask why the president hasn't created jobs for them in his 2 years as president.

So my question to my amiable Governor Fashola, why are there still many qualified lagosians without jobs such that PHD holders want to work as registration officers. Why hasn't Lagos and ACN been able to create dignifying jobs for the people after 14 years in power??

Help me ask them oo

Waiting man no go hear from this ofe mmanu peeps smh...... Registration ko' denomination ni'

Lagos kwa Waiting man no go hear from all this small small pikins way full Nairaland! This Lagos with Omo nile syndrome? until when you buy land and build in Lagos then you go no how far. most greedy and jealous indigens in Nigeria

aurenflani: All the above posters except one are igbo people. Their reaction is borne out of fear Buhari might take over their position the cry, cry tribe

The last i checked it was Buhari who is still crying

From ABDULGAFAR
ALABELEWE, Kaduna
Former military Head of State,
Major-Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari (rtd) said at the weekend
that he wept for Nigeria during
the 2011 general elections,
considering the country’s ordeal
between 1999 till date.
Buhari, the Congress for
Progressive Change (CPC)
presidential candidate in the
election, said the condition was
worse than the 1966-1999
period.
This was even as Buhari, who is
a leader of the CPC group in the
emerging All Progressives
Congress (APC), said he will not
leave APC if he does not emerge
as the party’s presidential
candidate in the 2015 general
elections. General Buhari stated
this yesterday while speaking
on Liberty Radio, Kaduna as the
Guest of the Week, saying what
Nigeria has gone through from
1999 to date is worse than what
it experienced between 1966
and 1999.
According to him, even with his
experience of coups, counter-
coups and his over three years
in detention, there was never a
time that he broke down
publicly like 2011.
“With all that I went through,
including war and so on, 2011
was the only time I ever broke
down publicly and that could
come out from the paper I was
reading before the 2011 general
elections.
“From January 1966, what has
happened to us as a people and
as a country, the coups, the
counter-coups and the civil war,
I was in detention for more than
three years. And I went through
a paper and I saw the amazing
opportunity we have got
through petroleum resources
from 1999 to the time I shed
tears, and compared to the
decay in infrastructure and
people in the position of
authority just doing things,
minding their own business.
“There is no ministry,
department or parastatal that
you will go today where there is
no administrative instruction or
financial instruction, but if you
try to follow the hearing
organised by the National
Assembly on NEPA, (Power
Holding Company of Nigeria,
PHCN), petroleum and others,
one will certainly shed tears.
“The whole problem of Nigeria
revolves around leadership at
the very top. Look at how we
derive the power or the morality
of how we run this country now
from four or five documents
now; the 1999 Constitution
itself, from which INEC derives
its function. And one of the
major responsibilities of INEC
is to register associations into
political parties.
“So, really by law, Nigeria is
absolutely matured and
prepared. But execution is the
beginning of the problem. Go to
all departments, parastatals,
ministries to the Presidency, it
will appear it is put aside at
various levels and people are
just doing things the way they
like. This is the tragedy of
Nigeria, that people at the top
and at the various levels are just
doing what they like, not what
the laws provide”, he said.
He lamented that the problems
of the country revolve around
abuse of trust, especially in
public offices and the elite were
guilty of the sin.
Speaking on the new APC,
General Buhari said the road to
the merger of the progressive
parties into APC had been very
rough because the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has seen it as a threat
and doing everything possible
to frustrate the merger.
He however, said that, as an
optimist, he believes that the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) will
register APC without any
hindrance, because the new
party has almost met all the
constitutional requirements of a
political party registration.
Buhari, the presidential
candidate of APP, ANPP and
CPC in 2003, 2007 and 2011
respectively, also said that if he
fails to emerge as the flagbearer
of APC in the 2015 elections, he
will remain in the party and
rally round whoever emerged.

LMFAO!!!! Imagine OBJ who can not deliver ordinary senatorial seat for his daughter? Abeg Nigeria have become 2 big 4 Obj type of politics

Christians often act like they are
“going to a funeral procession
rather than to praise God,” Pope
Francis declared, urging
believers to spend time praising
God so they are not slaves to
their sorrows.
“You here at Mass,” the Pope
said in the chapel of St.
Martha’s House, “do you give
praise to God or do you only
petition God and thank God?
“Do you praise God?” he
repeated, pointing out that this
“is something new, new in our
new spiritual life.”
Anticipating a common excuse
for not praising God, he said,
“‘this Mass is so long!’”
“If you do not praise God, you
will never know the gratuity of
spending time praising God, the
Mass is long. But if you go with
this attitude of joy, of praise to
God, that is beautiful! This is
what eternity will be: giving
praise to God! And that will not
be boring; it will be beautiful!
This joy makes us free,” Pope
Francis said in his May 31
homily.
He based his words on the daily
readings, one from the prophet
Zephaniah and the other from
Luke’s Gospel, which recounted
Mary visiting her cousin
Elizabeth.
The Old Testament reading
contains the exclamation
“Rejoice! Cries of joy, the Lord
is in your midst,” while the
story of Mary’s visit recalls how
John the Baptist “rejoices” in
Elizabeth’s womb when he
hears Mary’s greeting.
Both of the readings speak of
joy, “the joy that is
celebration,” the Pope said.
But “we Christians are not so
accustomed to speak of joy, of
happiness. … I think often we
prefer to complain,” he stated.
“Without joy,” he added, “we
Christians cannot become free,
we become slaves to our
sorrows. The great Paul VI said
that you cannot advance the
Gospel with sad, hopeless,
discouraged Christians. You
cannot.”
Being joyful “comes from
praise, Mary’s praise, this praise
that Zephaniah speaks of,
Simeon and Anna’s praise: this
praise of God!” the Pope
preached.
Through the guidance of the
Holy Spirit, who is “the author
of joy, the Creator of joy,” Pope
Francis said that Christians
learn to praise and become
joyful, which leads to “true
Christian freedom.”
He finished his homily by
pointing to Mary as the model
of “this praise” and “this joy.”
“The Church,” the Pope noted,
“calls her the ‘cause of our joy,’
Cause Nostrae Letitiae. Why?
Because she brings the greatest
joy that is Jesus.”
“We need to pray to Our Lady,
so that by bringing Jesus she
gives us the grace of joy, the joy
of freedom. That it gives us the
grace to praise, to praise with a
prayer of gratuitous praise,
because he is worthy of praise,
always.”

LesbianBoy: I already have so many friends (girls) in my life and certainly don't more! so if a woman turns down my marriage proposal, there is no need to remain friends with her! Any man who agrees to remain friends with a lady that turned down is marriage proposal is a BIG MUGU!!!

I don't believe you! What if her phone sweet that you can't spend a day without thinking on inserting your sim on her phone

If her tin sweet, why not? Till i get another gal. I may equally continue even after my marriage

I'M TIRED OF NAIJA MOVIES LOL.. IMAGINE .....

~ Chief is inside the car with the glasses wound up, armed robbers attack and shoots at chief, the bullet won't break the glass but will kill chief inside the car. How come ??

~ A man shoots himself on the head 3 times...Habaaa !!!!!!! How in the world is that possible?

~ RMD remembering when he was still 7years old as far back as 1960 and suddenly a HUMMER passes in front of him....... Chinekeee

~ Patience Ozokwor poisons Zark Orji's food, she stirs the poison so that it will circulate to all parts of the meal and then she tastes it, Zack Orji dies while she survives, Nawaa oo

~ Someone flashes back to 1982 and behind him is a sign board "Vote for Goodluck" Hmmmm

~ A 7year old character is washing plates and he suddenly becomes an adult in his 20's still washing the same plates and wearing the same trousers...

~ Omotola is depicted as a poor woman suffering in the village and has to do serious farm work to survive only for you to see that her fingernails are fixed with long plastic nails and painted crimson red.

~ Tonto Dike acting a born again village girl, yet has tattoos on her body.

~ Someone dies with low cut and his spirit comes back wearing afro... Na wetin?

~ A woman suddenly decides to poison her husband, then she opens her food cabinet and brings out the substance. Is poison part of cooking ingredients?

~ They shoot you on the leg yet blood starts coming out from your nose.

~ John Okafor (Mr Ibu) is the father of Nkem Owoh (Osofia). Biko who is older?

~ You must cough before you die..

Patience Uzokwu....flashed back to wen she waz 17 and playing life....and she is wearing brazilian hair in 1975........... .......na wetin?
~ ghost de pursue person suddenly ghost twisted em leg and fall............ Naija ghost nawaoo

When I was a kid, Pussy meant CAT, Sex meant GENDER, Dick was a NAME and Bang was a SOUND. SCREW was a tool, CLIMAX simply referred to a pleasant end, HOLE was just an opening and ROD, a length of iron! Now I'm grown, these words mean different things.
Were my teachers lying or did I attend the wrong schools?..:]Y .

Hahaha abi I lie?

Abuja - The House of
Representatives on Thursday
approved 14 years
imprisonment for persons who
contracted same sex marriage
in the country.
This was sequel to a clause-by-
clause consideration of a Bill
for an Act to prohibit marriage
or union entered between
persons of same sex, at the
Committee of the Whole.
“Marriage or civil union
entered between persons of
same gender shall not be
solemnised in any place of
worship, either church or
mosque or any place in
Nigeria,” it said.
Introducing the bill, Rep.
Albert Sam-Tsokwa ( PDP-
Taraba) said that it sought to
achieve a far reaching
objective by outlawing same
sex marriage and provide
punishment for offenders.
It also set out a 10-year
sentence for “any person who
directly or indirectly makes
public show of same-sex
amorous relationships’’.
“Any persons or group of
persons that administers,
witnesses, screen and shields
the solemnisation of same sex
marriage in Nigeria on
conviction, will be liable to 10
years imprisonment.’’
It would be recalled also that
the British Prime Minister,
David Cameron, had warned
that his country would
consider withholding aid from
countries that did not
recognise gay rights.
In Nov. 2011, the senate
approved the bill that would
make same-sex marriages
punishable by up to 14 years
for the couple and 10 for
anyone abetting such unions.
The bill is expected to be sent
to the Senate for concurrence.
(NAN)

Seriously, This Question has been giving me serious Concern since this Year Big Brother Africa Show kick Starts. This Show has got Millions of Viewers glued to it, But the Main Question Is What have you Gained watching Big Brother Africa or Whats the Main Essense of this Show?

[quote author=okpara ugo][/quote]Which truth? Okorocha is nothing but APC apologist trying to score cheap political point

Okorocha is either ignorance or a liar and can not be trusted.
Below is Mr Peter interview 48hours after the erection not this cock and bull story from Okorocha
"The crisis rocking the Nigeria
Governors’ Forum (NGF)
deepened yesterday with
opposition governors and anti-
Amaechi group sticking to their
positions 48 hours after a
controversial election that split
the 36 governors’ camp.
Relying on the NGF’s
constitution, Anambra State
Governor Peter Obi said it does
not make room for re-election of
a sitting chairman.
Rivers State Governor Rotimi
Chibuike Amaechi was re-
elected NGF chairman by 19
governors in theelection that
was held in Abuja last Friday.
Plateau State Governor
JonahJang is recognized by 16
governors as the new boss of
the influential body. The anti-
Amaechi governors claimed
there was no election but the
NGF’s Director-General, Mr.
Ashishama Okauru, disagreed,
saying Amaechi won the
election even as Ekiti State
Governor Kayode Fayemi was
sad over the controversy
trailing an exercise which he
described as free and fair.
Reacting to the development,
Governor Peter Obi said that
the re-election of a sitting
chairman has no place in the
NGF’s constitution. A
chairman, he noted, could only
serve a single, non-renewable
term.
Speaking to Daily Sun in Abuja
yesterday, Gov. Obi said the
NGF which was modeled after
American Governors’ Forum
constitution, prescribes only a
single two-year term for a
sitting chairman with no
proviso for re-election.
Gov. Obi revealed that the
amended constitution which
Gov. Amaechi relied on to run
in the controversial election was
not only doctored, but was
never ratified by the larger
bodyof governors.
He claimed that Amaechi’s re-
election could not stand because
he was not the consensus choice
of the body.
“Four out of the five governors
in the South-East said Gov.
Jang is their choice; five out of
the six governors in the South-
South recognise Jang as their
chairman; in the North, it is the
same thing, so what are we
talking about? This is a body of
equal partners, a voluntary
group, and there has never been
a time we had election. It had
always been by consensus.
They doctored the constitution
which was never even ratified.”
Excerpts :
What is your view on the
contentious NGF election?
First, let me say that in the
history of our forum, we have
never had chairmanship
election . In Ilorin, we were
about seven governors, later on
Oshiomhole came by the time
Amaechi was selected..
Was he elected or selected, was
it done through consensus?
Let me tell you what happened ,
we just arrived there and they
said that we need to have a new
leadership . Everybody was like,
it was going to be me because I
was the vice based on the
constitution. The then governor
of Bayelsa State, Sylva said
Amaechi , then the PDP
governors said Amaechi.
Nothing else, nobody said; raise
your hand . It was just like
that . It has always been
through consensus, when we
agree we agree. Initially what
worked against me was that
they argued that I’m a non –
Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) governor. In fact, I have
letters , documents to back
what I am saying .
You are perceived as a man of
integrity. What exactly
happened?
For you to understand, let me
continue with what happened in
Ilorin. they said that it should
not be me because am not from
PDP, it was actually zoned
to the South-East . Let me tell
you the background so that you
will understand this very well.
When we were having a little bit
of problem with Saraki and
governors wanted to remove
him, we decided that we must
formalize everything concerning
the forum . We went and
borrowed the American
Governors’ Forum constitution
which says that there would be
a chairman and vice chairman .
After two years, the chairman
leaves and the vice takes over, a
new vice is appointed. That is
the American constitution and
that was what we adopted.
Based on this, on the day we
agreed to this, I was elected the
vice chairman under Saraki.
That was in 2009. It was by
consensus, the governors said
let Peter Obi be the vice
Chairman. That was how I
became the vice chairman.
How come there is a problem of
re-election?
It is not supposed to be. That
document is doctored. What we
adopted has no provision for re-
election . The American
Governors’ Forum constitution
says after two years, the vice
will automatically take over. So,
there is no issue of reelection .
This like an NGO of equal
partners.
After I served for two years,
when it was 2011 they brought
the issue of PDP being the
majority party. I was the only
APGA governor then. They
zoned it to the South-East, the
then four PDP governors in the
south east signed and said they
wanted me. At that stage, they
decided to look for another
zone. That was how
Amaechicame into being.
But we understand that a
section on non-re-election was
amended at the Corporate
Affairs Commission?
Let me tell you, all those things
were not approved by anybody .
They doctored it. I am one man
who attends every meeting, I
can’t remember ever sitting
down and adopting the
constitution you are talking
about.
Was there truly an election,
what happened?
As far as I am concerned, in
Kwara , aparticular governor
said they should not conduct
election in Kwara because we do
not have a quorum . He was
told that a quorum is 12 .
Andeven in this constitution,
they are quoting now, our
quorum remains 12. If the
quorum is 12 and 12 don’t want
you, that means you should
even not contest.
And the 18 are saying, you don’t
recognize him?
If the quorum says it is 12 and
12 do not want you , the game
should be up, I don’t see
anything anybody will stay a
day longer for.
As we speak to you now, who is
the chairman of NGF?
For me, for our zone, our
support goes to Jang. Let me tell
you my stand on this, I support
Jang based on consensus and
based on the agreement of my
zone.
Do you feel bad that Amaechi is
insisting on re-election when he
knows how he himself emerged?
The way I see it is that it is a
voluntary organisation which
nobodyshould insist on being
the chairman . If the quorum is
12 and 12 people have said no, it
should end there.
Meanwhile, Governor Fayemi
has described Amaechi’s re-
election as victory for
democracy, saying that the
decision of the forum to opt for
election instead of consensus
was as a result of democratic
growth.
Fayemi, who spoke with
journalists at his Ishan-Ekiti
country home at the weekend,
however urged Nigerians to see
the emergence of Amaechi as
strictly a demonstration of his
colleagues’ confidence in his
leadership of the Forum and not
a victory over the Presidency.
Fayemi said: “It is a contest
among governors for the
chairmanship position and it
would be wrong for anyone to
consider it a contest between
President Goodluck Jonathan
and Amaechi as the President
was not a contestant.”
Fayemi described as “sad”
comments by the anti-Amaechi
governors that the NGF election
was rigged. According to him, it
is sad and soilingthe integrity of
anyone who holds such a belief.
He added that the election
which was recorded on tape was
one of the most credible he had
witnessed.
In a related development, Jang
has pledged to unite the
governors’ forum.
The governor who stated this
yesterday at the Yakubu Gowon
Airport in Jos shortly after his
arrival from Abuja where he
emerged as theChairman of the
NGF, said he never bargained
for the position, but out of God’s
work he emerged.
He pledged to give the forum
the best, stressing that the NGF
should not divide the Governors
Forum. Meanwhile, Plateau
citizens came outen-masse to
celebrate his emergence with
many saying they were caught
unawares as they never
expected it.
h

Gallant mopol self the fear Naija Army na em common boko boys the boast
As the State of emergency continues in the three Northern States of Yobe,Borno and Adamawa State,CKN Nigeria was sent this undated picture all the way from Borno,showing a soldier drilling a mobile policeman for an unknown reasons which may not be unconnected with his flouting the curfew directive in the Borno State Capital of Maiduguri

sexkillz: [color=#000030]They claimed victory? So why are they subtly calling for help? Lol. All I see is Shekau begging for help from those countries he mentioned. . . It's obvious the reverse is the case here. We know who the runner is.

The fire in the hole is too much. The rabbit must run out. [/color]

A day Libyans fought for: Gaddafi's eyes are closed and mouth firmly shut as preparations are made for his burial
Unless this Abubakar Shakau's mouth ll never shut

“Since we started this
ongoing war which they
call state of emergency … in
some instances soldiers
who faced us turned and
ran,”
Gaddafi part two

Odikwa very risky

Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram said his group has scored several victories against the military during an ongoing offensive while themselves sustaining little damage, in a video seen by AFP on Tuesday.

“Since we started this ongoing war which they call state of emergency … in some instances soldiers who faced us turned and ran,” Abubakar Shekau said in the hour-long video.

He claimed Nigerian forces “threw down their arms in flight.”

He called on like-minded Islamists in countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq to join the fight to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.

“We call to us our brethren in these countries I mentioned. Oh! Our brethren, come to us,” he said in the video, which alternates between Arabic and the Hausa language spoken across northern Nigeria.

Nigeria launched an offensive against Boko Haram on May 15, after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the country’s northeast, the Islamist insurgents’ stronghold.

The video was delivered to AFP though an intermediary in a manner similar to previous Boko Haram messages. The images of Shekau in the video are consistent with those previously released.

The Boko Haram leader was designated a global terrorist by the United States last year.

http://.mobi/output.php?id=9237

And the 18 are saying, you don’t recognize him?
If the quorum says it is 12 and 12 do not want you , the game should be up, I don’t see anything anybody will stay a day longer for.
As we speak to you now, who is the chairman of NGF?
For me, for our zone, our support goes to Jang. Let me tell you my stand on this, I support Jang based on consensus and based on the agreement of my zone.
Do you feel bad that Amaechi is insisting on re-election when he knows how he himself emerged?
The way I see it is that it is a voluntary organisation which nobodyshould insist on being the chairman . If the quorum is 12 and 12 people have said no, it should end there.
Meanwhile, Governor Fayemi has described Amaechi’s re-election as victory for democracy, saying that the decision of the forum to opt for election instead of consensus was as a result of democratic growth.
Fayemi, who spoke with journalists at his Ishan-Ekiti country home at the weekend, however urged Nigerians to see the emergence of Amaechi as strictly a demonstration of his colleagues’ confidence in his leadership of the Forum and not a victory over the Presidency.
Fayemi said: “It is a contest among governors for the chairmanship position and it would be wrong for anyone to consider it a contest between President Goodluck Jonathan and Amaechi as the President was not a contestant.”
Fayemi described as “sad” comments by the anti-Amaechi governors that the NGF election was rigged. According to him, it is sad and soilingthe integrity of anyone who holds such a belief. He added that the election which was recorded on tape was one of the most credible he had witnessed.
In a related development, Jang has pledged to unite the governors’ forum.
The governor who stated this yesterday at the Yakubu Gowon Airport in Jos shortly after his arrival from Abuja where he emerged as theChairman of the NGF, said he never bargained for the position, but out of God’s work he emerged.
He pledged to give the forum the best, stressing that the NGF should not divide the Governors Forum. Meanwhile, Plateau citizens came outen-masse to celebrate his emergence with many saying they were caught unawares as they never expected it.

Mr Amaechi pls don't try to deceive us
The crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) deepened yesterday with opposition governors and anti-Amaechi group sticking to their positions 48 hours after a controversial election that split the 36 governors’ camp.
Relying on the NGF’s constitution, Anambra State Governor Peter Obi said it does not make room for re-election of a sitting chairman.
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi was re-elected NGF chairman by 19 governors in theelection that was held in Abuja last Friday. Plateau State Governor JonahJang is recognized by 16 governors as the new boss of the influential body. The anti-Amaechi governors claimed there was no election but the NGF’s Director-General, Mr. Ashishama Okauru, disagreed, saying Amaechi won the election even as Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi was sad over the controversy trailing an exercise which he described as free and fair.
Reacting to the development, Governor Peter Obi said that the re-election of a sitting chairman has no place in the NGF’s constitution. A chairman, he noted, could only serve a single, non-renewable term.
Speaking to Daily Sun in Abuja yesterday, Gov. Obi said the NGF which was modeled after American Governors’ Forum constitution, prescribes only a single two-year term for a sitting chairman with no proviso for re-election.
Gov. Obi revealed that the amended constitution which Gov. Amaechi relied on to run in the controversial election was not only doctored, but was never ratified by the larger bodyof governors.
He claimed that Amaechi’s re-election could not stand because he was not the consensus choice of the body.
“Four out of the five governors in the South-East said Gov. Jang is their choice; five out of the six governors in the South-South recognise Jang as their chairman; in the North, it is the same thing, so what are we talking about? This is a body of equal partners, a voluntary group, and there has never been a time we had election. It had always been by consensus. They doctored the constitution which was never even ratified.”
Excerpts :
What is your view on the contentious NGF election?
First, let me say that in the history of our forum, we have never had chairmanship election . In Ilorin, we were about seven governors, later on Oshiomhole came by the time Amaechi was selected..
Was he elected or selected, was it done through consensus?
Let me tell you what happened , we just arrived there and they said that we need to have a new leadership . Everybody was like, it was going to be me because I was the vice based on the constitution. The then governor of Bayelsa State, Sylva said Amaechi , then the PDP governors said Amaechi. Nothing else, nobody said; raise your hand . It was just like that . It has always been through consensus, when we agree we agree. Initially what worked against me was that they argued that I’m a non – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor. In fact, I have letters , documents to back what I am saying .
You are perceived as a man of integrity. What exactly happened?
For you to understand, let me continue with what happened in Ilorin. they said that it should not be me because am not from PDP, it was actually zoned
to the South-East . Let me tell you the background so that you will understand this very well. When we were having a little bit of problem with Saraki and governors wanted to remove him, we decided that we must formalize everything concerning the forum . We went and borrowed the American Governors’ Forum constitution which says that there would be a chairman and vice chairman . After two years, the chairman leaves and the vice takes over, a new vice is appointed. That is the American constitution and that was what we adopted. Based on this, on the day we agreed to this, I was elected the vice chairman under Saraki. That was in 2009. It was by consensus, the governors said let Peter Obi be the vice Chairman. That was how I became the vice chairman.
How come there is a problem of re-election?
It is not supposed to be. That document is doctored. What we adopted has no provision for re-election . The American Governors’ Forum constitution says after two years, the vice will automatically take over. So, there is no issue of reelection . This like an NGO of equal partners.
After I served for two years, when it was 2011 they brought the issue of PDP being the majority party. I was the only APGA governor then. They zoned it to the South-East, the then four PDP governors in the south east signed and said they wanted me. At that stage, they decided to look for another zone. That was how Amaechicame into being.
But we understand that a section on non-re-election was amended at the Corporate Affairs Commission?
Let me tell you, all those things were not approved by anybody . They doctored it. I am one man who attends every meeting, I can’t remember ever sitting down and adopting the constitution you are talking about.
Was there truly an election, what happened?
As far as I am concerned, in Kwara , aparticular governor said they should not conduct election in Kwara because we do not have a quorum . He was told that a quorum is 12 . Andeven in this constitution, they are quoting now, our quorum remains 12. If the quorum is 12 and 12 don’t want you, that means you should even not contest.

Peter Obi version of story
The crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) deepened yesterday with opposition governors and anti-Amaechi group sticking to their positions 48 hours after a controversial election that split the 36 governors’ camp.
Relying on the NGF’s constitution, Anambra State Governor Peter Obi said it does not make room for re-election of a sitting chairman.
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi was re-elected NGF chairman by 19 governors in theelection that was held in Abuja last Friday. Plateau State Governor JonahJang is recognized by 16 governors as the new boss of the influential body. The anti-Amaechi governors claimed there was no election but the NGF’s Director-General, Mr. Ashishama Okauru, disagreed, saying Amaechi won the election even as Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi was sad over the controversy trailing an exercise which he described as free and fair.
Reacting to the development, Governor Peter Obi said that the re-election of a sitting chairman has no place in the NGF’s constitution. A chairman, he noted, could only serve a single, non-renewable term.
Speaking to Daily Sun in Abuja yesterday, Gov. Obi said the NGF which was modeled after American Governors’ Forum constitution, prescribes only a single two-year term for a sitting chairman with no proviso for re-election.
Gov. Obi revealed that the amended constitution which Gov. Amaechi relied on to run in the controversial election was not only doctored, but was never ratified by the larger bodyof governors.
He claimed that Amaechi’s re-election could not stand because he was not the consensus choice of the body.
“Four out of the five governors in the South-East said Gov. Jang is their choice; five out of the six governors in the South-South recognise Jang as their chairman; in the North, it is the same thing, so what are we talking about? This is a body of equal partners, a voluntary group, and there has never been a time we had election. It had always been by consensus. They doctored the constitution which was never even ratified.”
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What is your view on the contentious NGF election?
First, let me say that in the history of our forum, we have never had chairmanship election . In Ilorin, we were about seven governors, later on Oshiomhole came by the time Amaechi was selected..
Was he elected or selected, was it done through consensus?
Let me tell you what happened , we just arrived there and they said that we need to have a new leadership . Everybody was like, it was going to be me because I was the vice based on the constitution. The then governor of Bayelsa State, Sylva said Amaechi , then the PDP governors said Amaechi. Nothing else, nobody said; raise your hand . It was just like that . It has always been through consensus, when we agree we agree. Initially what worked against me was that they argued that I’m a non – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor. In fact, I have letters , documents to back what I am saying .
You are perceived as a man of integrity. What exactly happened?
For you to understand, let me continue with what happened in Ilorin. they said that it should not be me because am not from PDP, it was actually zoned
to the South-East . Let me tell you the background so that you will understand this very well. When we were having a little bit of problem with Saraki and governors wanted to remove him, we decided that we must formalize everything concerning the forum . We went and borrowed the American Governors’ Forum constitution which says that there would be a chairman and vice chairman . After two years, the chairman leaves and the vice takes over, a new vice is appointed. That is the American constitution and that was what we adopted. Based on this, on the day we agreed to this, I was elected the vice chairman under Saraki. That was in 2009. It was by consensus, the governors said let Peter Obi be the vice Chairman. That was how I became the vice chairman.
How come there is a problem of re-election?
It is not supposed to be. That document is doctored. What we adopted has no provision for re-election . The American Governors’ Forum constitution says after two years, the vice will automatically take over. So, there is no issue of reelection . This like an NGO of equal partners.
After I served for two years, when it was 2011 they brought the issue of PDP being the majority party. I was the only APGA governor then. They zoned it to the South-East, the then four PDP governors in the south east signed and said they wanted me. At that stage, they decided to look for another zone. That was how Amaechicame into being.
But we understand that a section on non-re-election was amended at the Corporate Affairs Commission?
Let me tell you, all those things were not approved by anybody . They doctored it. I am one man who attends every meeting, I can’t remember ever sitting down and adopting the constitution you are talking about.
Was there truly an election, what happened?
As far as I am concerned, in Kwara , aparticular governor said they should not conduct election in Kwara because we do not have a quorum . He was told that a quorum is 12 . Andeven in this constitution, they are quoting now, our quorum remains 12. If the quorum is 12 and 12 don’t want you, that means you should even not contest.
And the 18 are saying, you don’t recognize him?
If the quorum says it is 12 and 12 do not want you , the game should be up, I don’t see anything anybody will stay a day longer for.
As we speak to you now, who is the chairman of NGF?
For me, for our zone, our support goes to Jang. Let me tell you my stand on this, I support Jang based on consensus and based on the agreement of my zone.
Do you feel bad that Amaechi is insisting on re-election when he knows how he himself emerged?
The way I see it is that it is a voluntary organisation which nobodyshould insist on being the chairman . If the quorum is 12 and 12 people have said no, it should end there.
Meanwhile, Governor Fayemi has described Amaechi’s re-election as victory for democracy, saying that the decision of the forum to opt for election instead of consensus was as a result of democratic growth.
Fayemi, who spoke with journalists at his Ishan-Ekiti country home at the weekend, however urged Nigerians to see the emergence of Amaechi as strictly a demonstration of his colleagues’ confidence in his leadership of the Forum and not a victory over the Presidency.
Fayemi said: “It is a contest among governors for the chairmanship position and it would be wrong for anyone to consider it a contest between President Goodluck Jonathan and Amaechi as the President was not a contestant.”
Fayemi described as “sad” comments by the anti-Amaechi governors that the NGF election was rigged. According to him, it is sad and soilingthe integrity of anyone who holds such a belief. He added that the election which was recorded on tape was one of the most credible he had witnessed.
In a related development, Jang has pledged to unite the governors’ forum.
The governor who stated this yesterday at the Yakubu Gowon Airport in Jos shortly after his arrival from Abuja where he emerged as theChairman of the NGF, said he never bargained for the position, but out of God’s work he emerged.
He pledged to give the forum the best, stressing that the NGF should not divide the Governors Forum. Meanwhile, Plateau citizens came outen-masse to celebrate his emergence with many saying they were caught unawares as they never expected it.
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Kaduna - Dr Joseph Natsah of General Hospital Kachia in Kaduna State, has advised youths against tobacco smoking,saying it leads to impotence.
Natsah said in an interview on Tuesday in Kaduna that tobacco smoking results in low sperm count, weak erection and impotence.
He warned girls involved in smoking to desist from the habitas it would also prevent them from either conceiving or havingstill birth.
Natsah said tobacco smoke generally has adverse effect on every organ of the body, including the immune system.
The medical practitioner listed some of the conditions generated by smoking to includecoronary and heart disease, as well as breathlessness and influenza,
He also said that smoking causescancer, such as leukaemia, cancer of the bladder, throat andstomach.
Also, a laboratory technician, Miss Mercy Onu said smoking was contributing to higher percentage of deformed sperms and impotency.
She also said it contributed to “painful ulcers along the digestive tract and build up fattydeposit on the artery walls”, thereby leading to low blood flow and heart attack.
A police sergeant, Dalhatu Konkiyel, who said he was a “retired chronic smoker”, said that he experienced various health challenges while smoking.
Some of the challenges, he said, were poor vision, high blood pressure, common cold , tooth decay, gum disease, sleeping and blood circulation problems.
He advised the youths not to indulge in the habit, to avoid early death and psychological trauma.
Konkiyel called on the Federal Government to ban the manufacture, distribution, sale and smoking of tobacco in the country. (NAN)
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BY GBENGA OLARINOYE
OSOGBO  — Members of Ogboni Confraternity in Osogbo may have turned the Osun Grooves to battle field following a  fracas which ensued between two factions of the group.

During the crisis which occurred, last week, the curator and site manager of the National Museum, Osogbo, under the National Commission for Museum and Monument Department of the Federal Ministry of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Mr. Olakunle Makinde, was caught in the web of the crisis and beaten blue black which led to his being hospitalised.

Also, staff of the commission whose offices are located inside the Osun Grooves have deserted thier offices for almost a week for fear of being attacked like their boss.

It was gathered that the fracas started following attempt to appoint new leader of the confraternity in Osogbo called Are Ogboni. It was gathered that one Okiki was appointed the new Are Ogboni and was to be crowned by the Olu-awo, Alhaji Adebisi, but because of the rift between Okiki and Olu-awo, Adebisi was by-passed while the World President known as Alaye was invited from Imesi-Ile for the installation.

Shortly after the installation, the poster of new Are Ogboni was pasted on the Ogboni meeting Centre called Iledi located inside Osun Grooves. It was learnt that some members loyal to Adebisi, the Olu-awo tore the posters at Iledi which resulted in the fracas.

In the ensuing melee, several people were injured as dangerous weapons were freely used before the intervention of policemen from the Zone II of the Nigeria Police. Some personalties were reportedly arrested, detained and later released on bail.

Efforts by members loyal to the new Are Ogboni (Okiki) to take over the control of Iledi, the meeting venue of the confraternity, compounded the crisis as the two factions are laying claim to the centre.

The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji Olanipekun and his traditional chiefs have intervened in the matter and appealed to the two factions to maintain law and order promising to look into the matter.

It was also learnt the matter has been officially reported to the Director General of National Museum and Monuments, Yusuf Abdudala Usman and Director of Heritage Sites and Monuments, Mr. Oluremi Adebayo and security operatives towards guarantee the safety of the staff of the Osogbo National Museum.

Today 26th of May 2013 is
The D-day – The Chase
will soon be on. As they
introduce us to 28 new
housemates, the opening
ceremony is already on.... Wow!!!
Drop one or two words to the new contestants here

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Residents of Mushin area of Lagos are still living in an atmosphere of fear after Sunday?s mayhem in which their homes were looted and a man was allegedly killed.

Saturday PUNCH visited the area on Wednesday to see what has changed since the incident, but observed that many of the residents are afraid that the hoodlums who carried out the attack might soon come back as they reportedly promised.

Some of the residents, who told our correspondent their stories, insisted the perpetrators, who they said numbered more than 50, came from Akala Street, Mushin.

Ike Olu Street was the most affected area. There were still remnants of shattered vehicle windscreens, house windows and burnt vehicles on the street when our correspondent visited.

The residents told Saturday PUNCH that the hoodlums went from house to house about 1.30 am on Sunday, robbing, looting shops and smashing cars before fleeing when they noticed police presence.

The looting hoodlums came back after they had initially fled, Saturday PUNCH learnt.

More looting was recorded during their second coming, it was learnt. It was during that period that they reportedly burnt the vehicles they had already smashed.

At least eight vehicles were said to have been burnt down. Our correspondent counted five burnt vehicles that had not been taken away by their owners.

A youth in Fadeyi, Monsuru Olayiwola, who had been reported to be one of the masterminds of the attack, told our correspondent he knew nothing about the matter.

He said, “I read in a newspaper report that I was wielding a pump-action rifle during the mayhem. That is a blatant lie.

“It was a ploy by the criminals responsible to implicate me. I was at Ikorodu overnight during the mayhem and a lot of people can attest to this. I have not been in that particular part of Mushin for three years because of the violence of the youths in the area.”

A resident of Fadeyi, Wale Ayodele, told our correspondent that the hoodlums were suspected to comprise area boys and cult members.

He said, “We were very shocked when it was reported that the attack was carried out by youths from Fadeyi. This is not the first time this kind of attack would be blamed on Fadeyi boys by Mushin youths.

“Go to the street where the attacks took place and the residents themselves will tell you where the hoodlums came from.”

Tunde, a resident of Ike Olu Street, said the hoodlums announced their presence by shooting and smashing the windos of parked cars.

He said, “They smashed anything in sight and went from house to house, robbing people of cash, telephone sets, televisions, generators and even clothes.

“They destroyed some of the furniture I had been contracted to make for someone. But I fared better than some other people on this street.”

But another resident, who identified herself simply as Florence, said she narrowly escaped being gang-raped by about 15 men, who kicked down the door of her apartment.

Florence said, “I have no doubt that the men moving about the street, robbing and attacking people were up to 70 because the ones who came into my room were up to 15. There were other groups in other apartments at the same time.

“They kicked down the door and demanded money and my phones. But I was begging them that I had nothing in the house.

“I thought they would move on to other houses if I told them that. But some of them suddenly pulled down my trousers and wanted to rape me. I started begging and quickly dipped my hand into a place where I had saved N40,000 and handed it to them.

“I begged them to let me go. I told them that was all I had. I was lucky they left after that.”

Another resident, who pleaded anonymity, lost his commercial buses to the hoodlums.

He said, “I?m just a mechanic and I have a shop on this street. I?m not a resident of this street. I got to the workshop on Monday morning and saw the burnt carcass of my bus.

“I told the driver to always park the bus in front of my workshop every night. These hoodlums have destroyed a good source of money for me. To add to my woes, I have not finished paying for the bus because I?m paying on an instalment plan.”

Our correspondent learnt that a driver with a new generation bank has been arrested in connection with the burning of a vehicle during the mayhem.

The unidentified driver was said to have taken the official vehicle of his boss, a new Toyota Corrolla, home after the close of work the previous Friday.

It was burnt by the hoodlums where he parked it. The burnt car was still on the street when our correspondent visited.

Each of the residents had one thing or another to tell our correspondent, as he moved round the area.

A hairdresser said the door of her shop was kicked down and the hoodlums took away her generator.

A resident, Mrs. Rachael Adepoju, lost her savings and telephone sets to the hoodlums who came into her house, wielding guns, broken bottles and machetes.

Another resident said they threatened to kill two people in her house if she did not hand over her belongings.

A man next door was brutally beaten because he was not fast enough when he was handing over his belongings.

“They are cult members,” a resident, Fatai Owolabi, told our correspondent.

“Everybody on this street is aware that there has been a long-standing feud between members of the Eiye Confraternity and .

“I don?t know who is accusing who, but we heard that one said the other was responsible for the death of two of its members. Anytime there is a problem, they use the opportunity to loot, rob and unleash mayhem on residents,” he said.

Saturday PUNCH learnt that the men responsible for the mayhem were suspected to be those vending hard drugs and Indian hemp in Mushin.

Spokesperson for the state police command, Ngozi Braide, had on Sunday said some suspects had been apprehended in connection with the case.

It is not clear how far the investigation had gone as Braide?s phone line indicated it was switched off when our correspondent contacted her on Wednesday. PUNCH

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